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I arn glad to hear you intend publishing a book on Poul- 

 try. No doubt but you will give us just the book we need for 

 this latitude. There is a deficiency in many of the works on 

 this subject, which you will be able to supply. 



Tell our Pennsylvania farmers that one Rooster and two 

 Hens of the Shanghae breed, will give them more Eggs in 

 three months time, of a greater size and richer quality, than 

 five times that number of ordinary Hens will do in one year, 

 and will hatch out a finer brood, with less trouble and more 

 certainty, than any Fowls they have heretofore possessed. And 

 though it is said, we must never count the Chickens before they 

 are hatched, yet to this rule there is one exception, viz., the 

 Shanghae Fowls. 



Respectfully Yours, 



SAMUEL A. BUMSTEAD. 



P. S. I have also a large black Hen, the Eggs of which 

 very much resemble those of the Cochin China, quite brown in 

 their colour, and very rich. I have crossed this breed with 

 the Brown Shanghae, of which I have now some very fine 

 Pullets, to which I give the name of the Black Shanghae. I 

 wish much for you to see them. Will you not favour us with 

 a visit soon ? 



There is a neighbour of mine, Mr. Samuel Hagy, who owns 

 a variety of Fowls, of a very valuable breed. He has the 

 large Spanish Fowl, and some of the Indian breed. He thinks 

 there are no Hens in the country that lay larger Eggs they 

 always command a high price, and are eagerly sought for. I 

 shall be pleased to introduce you to his famed stock of Poultry. 



S. A. B. 



My post-office address is Leverington, Philadelphia county, 

 Pa., or Manayunk. 



That variety of Shanghaes called the red, is thus described 

 by the following correspondent, who says : 



